Contentious religious discrimination laws will be put on hold while the federal government pushes for a Senate inquiry into how they would affect transgender students.
The federal government will push for a Senate inquiry into key parts of its religious discrimination bills in a decision that avoids a vote in the upper house after NSW Liberal senator Andrew Bragg told the government he was prepared to cross the floor to protect the rights of transgender children.
The federal government’s contentious religious discrimination bill passed through the House of Representatives after a marathon session of Parliament on Wednesday night. One Liberal said Senator Bragg said he had major moral issues with the treatment of transgender children and was not going to vote to wind back something that gave them more protection.
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